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Created: Oct 25, 2007
Updated: Jun 23, 2009
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Katherine Steele

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Email: kat [at] steelemoon.com
 
Address: 6421 Hillegass Ave
Oakland, California 94618
United States
 
I Speak: English
 
I Am: Community Organizer, Designer, Educator
 
Member Since: October 25, 2007
 
Local Time: Fri Jul 3 23:23:23
 

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Arts Activism (1959 people)  |  Evolutionary Ecology (1059 people)  |  Environmental Justice (1892 people)  |  Environmental Education (3124 people)  |  Renewable Energy (3624 people)  |  Energy Efficiency and Conservation (2286 people)  |  Green Schools (2203 people)  |  Women's Empowerment (1698 people)  |  Local Food Systems (2670 people)  |  Social Justice Education (1633 people)  |  Leadership Training (2326 people)  |  Sustainability Education (3893 people)  |  EcoVillages (2660 people)  |  Seed Conservation (1520 people)  |  Fair Trade (2438 people)  |  Business Firm and Organization Sustainability (2729 people)  |  Biocultural Diversity (1582 people)  |  Ecological Economics (2121 people)  |  Social Entrepreneurship (3338 people)  |  Philanthropy (1286 people)  |  Sustainability and Technology (1993 people)  |  Water and Energy (982 people)  |  Sustainable Building (2822 people)  |  Women and the Environment (1138 people)  |  Energy Flow in Ecosystems (851 people)  |  Education, Government and Sustainability (1919 people)  |  Democracy and Civil Society (1826 people)  |  Culture and Sustainability (2543 people)  |  Life Cycle Assessment (1133 people)  |  Cultural Diversity (2400 people)  |  Communication Training (1611 people)  |  Gardening (2777 people)  |  Sustainable Agriculture (3643 people)  |  Organic Farming (3301 people)  |  Food Literacy (815 people)  |  Ecological Footprint (2157 people)  |  Community Participation (3323 people)  |  Wildlife Ecology (1517 people)  |  Appropriate Technology (1477 people)  |  Sustainable Forestry (1784 people)  |  Agroecology (1069 people)  |  Sustainability, Religious and Spiritual Issues (2493 people)  |  Soil Ecology (761 people)  |  Plant Ecology (879 people)  |  Youth Education and Empowerment (3505 people)  |  Responsible Business Practices (2738 people)  |  Urban Ecology (1588 people)  |  Green Roofs (1535 people)  |  Community Training (1577 people)  |  Organizational Funding (1259 people)  |  Training for Nonprofits (1877 people)  |  Organizational Governance (987 people)  |  Composting (1981 people)  |  Climate Justice (1130 people)  |  Climate Change (4277 people)  |  Indigenous Peoples and Cultures (2606 people)  |  Biomimicry (1542 people)  |  Health Education (1128 people)  |  Access To Education (2106 people)  |  Permaculture (2858 people)  

About

I love learning and teaching regenerative design practices and permaculture. I am a permaculture activist, designer, educator, and founder of the Urban Permaculture Guild in Oakland. I facilitate workshops on sustainabilty and permaculture as well as give public presentations about eco-social design, city repair, and the power of placemaking. I have trained in Ecovillage Design with the Findhorn Foundation of Scotland, Natural Building with Kleiwerks International, and Permaculture Design with the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, I also earned an MA in Creative Arts from San Francisco State University. Presently I serve on the boards of two Bay Area nonprofit organizations devoted to peace, justice, and sustainablity, the NorCal Chapter of Architects, Designers, Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) in Berkeley and Bay Localize in Oakland. In December 2006 I became one of a 1,000 Climate Project trainees, empowered to present a version of Al Gore's Inconvienent Truth slide presentation. I have enjoyed helping start up the Green City Gallery in Berkeley and am teaching Ecovillage Design in New Mexico and Permaculture at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, Solar Living Institute in Hopland and the Esalen Institute in Big Sur. My latest endeavor is leading up the new Regenerative Urban Design Institute at San Francisco State's College of Extended Learning. I look forward to bringing Urban Permaculture to academia and a larger more culturally and economically diverse audience. I love living in Oakland and am devoted to localization, believing it to be a key strategy towards sustainability and thriveability.

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oblio69 6 months ago
"Be as quick to defend the rights of a stranger as you would a member of your own family.  It's the rights you're defending, not the person. 

Be generous to the poor, whether you know them or not.  It's mercy you're expressing, not personal affection. 

Forgive those who have wronged you, not because they deserve it, but because forgiveness is on the side of the saints, while grudges and vengeance bring the world one step closer to destruction.

Take sides constantly with what is highest, noblest and good.  Then see what happens."

      -- Bo Lozoff
                   A Little Good News from The Human Kindness Foundation
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BenZolno 8 months ago

Hi Kat,

 

Just talked to Niccolo about working on some films together, and he mentioned you!  Small world...

 

Ben (filmmaker at OAEC in September)

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niccolo 8 months ago
Street Films http://www.streetfilms.org/
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niccolo 8 months ago

hi Katherine

 

I have been working on a media cooperative project www.Permaculture.TV - which has been running for a month now and is getting a great reception

 

am interested in working on organising a US based fund for original permaculture media

 

I especially like the work of Livable Streets and Street Films in NYC

 

and have been thinking of a similar grassroots approach

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laurawo about 1 year ago

hola kat! do you know of any solstice gathering/ happenings in the east bay this weekend? 

Light!

 

Laura

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oblio69 about 1 year ago
You are a wonderful spirit. Your life and work have vision and purpose. I honour what you have accomplished. You are fostering greater harmony and inspiring people to action. I wish you a journey where you manifest the life you desire and where growth takes wing. May yours be a harmonious and prosperous environment where you connect to the eternal light and may your unique resonance and vibrant spirit continue to enrich the lives of all blessed to cross your path.
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